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<p>The charity <a href="http://www.barnardos.ie/schoolcosts16" target="_blank">released</a> it&#39;s annual school cost survey today that showed a child returning to senior infants will cost &euro;340 while a child returning to fourth class will cost &euro;395.</p>

<p>Parents with a child moving to secondary school will face a cost of &euro;775 in the first year.</p>

<p>Nearly half of all parents surveyed said that they will delay household bills or cut back on daily expenses to afford the school costs.</p>

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<p>One parent said that their &quot;rent has recently gone up &euro;150. We live from week to week. School time is a nightmare situation for me.</p>
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<p>Another parent complained about the use of workbooks as they cannot be passed on, the book rental scheme only applying to English readers&nbsp;while the use of generic uniforms would save a lot of money.</p>

<p>&quot;We had to choose between food on the table or him wearing a dirty jumper - I choose food,&quot; one parent added.</p>

<p>The report is calling for &euro;103.2 million to be provided in the Budget to make primary education completely free.</p>

<p>Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/school-contributions-barnardos-survey-2906182-Aug2016/" target="_blank">said</a> that parents &quot;are frustrated by the injustice of different schools setting vastly different parameters, with some benefitting from school book rental schemes, minimal contributions and plain uniforms.</p>

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